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made day 2 of the 1585
by nath on 02/21/08
I have 54,000 in chips going back at 1k/2k. 18 of us left; tough field.I'm too tired to post specific hands, but what's most notable is that I had to exhibit some extreme patience-- getting almost no hands the first few hours, followed by QQ in the BB vs. KK on the button that knocked me down to 200 at 75/150. By the end of 100/200/25 I had 23.5k.
How to go from 200 to 23,500 in 14 easy steps:
1)Call all-in in the SB with Q8o after button opens 32s and hold.
2)Shove 550 with K9o, get called by AQs, flop a 9.
3)Shove AQo from BB over CO open, get called by A3o, and chop. (Boo)
4)Shove 77 over UTG open, get called by A2s, double up.
5)Go to dinner break with 3k.
6)Come back from dinner (at 100/200 now), pick up AA in SB, shove over EP open, pick up pot.
7)Open QQ in LP, call all-in from the BB, hold vs. AKs.
8)Open JJ, get 3 callers, bet the KKK flop, take it down.
9)Open AA UTG, get called by BB, raise his donkbet on the Q42 flop. Now we're at 14k.
10)Wait a while.
11)Tell the dealer "give me a good flop, dealer," after checking 83ss in the BB when EP limps his 12x stack. Flop a flush, check-raise, get all-in vs. AA with the As and hold.
12)Raise AJo to 1200 after two limpers at 100/200/25. Check the AK9 flop 3 ways. Call 2k from the second limper (who has 2200 behind) on the turn. Call his last 2200 on the river, hoping he didn't backdoor a flush; feel relief when he shows KQ.
13)Donk off a little in small pots.
14)Go on break.
I ran equally as cold after the next break, folding my way from 23.5k at the end of 100/200/25 to 14k at 600/1200/200. I got a walk and then with 17k opened AA and doubled up through Theo Tran's QQ. Only played a couple more big pots after that.
Field's tough and my table is tough. It's gonna test me, but I feel that if I keep a clear and calm head and don't spaz out, things might go my way.
